For a brief moment, asteroid 2024 YR4 had scientists on edge, with its impact probability climbing as high as 2.8%—enough to capture global attention. But thanks to rapid observations and advanced ...

For centuries, telescopes have relied on curved lenses and mirrors to observe the Universe. A team of researchers has ...

The new 8.5-foot telescope is set to launch this Tuesday by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory with a clear objective: to ...

NASA's SPHEREx and PUNCH missions will need to wait a little longer before heading to space.

Astronomers have long believed that planet-forming disks—clouds of gas and dust around young stars—last only about 10 million ...

For over 100 years, scientists have been hell-bent on talking to aliens, and new technology could give that hunt a boost.

A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope captures a nearby spiral galaxy, NGC 2283, blazing with newly formed stars.

DARPA scientists are exploring ways to grow massive biological objects, such as telescope antennas or huge nets to snag ...

Editorial written by Bloomberg Opinion Editorial Board. For a brief window, Asteroid 2024 YR4 looked like a planetary hazard in the making. At up to 90 meters (295 feet) in diameter, it was described ...

"The operations work at STScI, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, and other NASA contractors is funded by the operational ...

As it nears 35 consecutive years of space service, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken another look at a famous ...

NASA has significantly lowered the risk of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the Earth in 2032 through recent calculations. The moon ...